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Newspaper
Americus Weekly Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1886
Page
7
AveRICUS reports the season opening with a colorful parade as the town welcomes spring. Died: Mrs. Elijah Butta, of Lee county, near Chokee, remembered for community service. burial likely in Dooly county family grounds. Heavy rains hinder county mills with several dam weaknesses and mill closures noted.
A joint discussion between Hons. Dupont Guerry and R W Patterson drew a well filled crowd in Sumter county with Gordon and Bacon supporters prominent. Guerry defended 1883 convention results and criticized Bacon on railroad and convict lease issues while Patterson argued policy and experience, noting war record limits influence on civil office and praising Guerry’s debating vigor.
Special to RECOnvER lists an Irish potato grown in Lisgarden by Potatoes. Four to two inches long and nearly three inches in diameter, eleven potatoes grow to its sides. D B Wells, a clerk for H B Adams & Co, killed himself at Adsos’ house in Vineville at eight this morning, dying at ten. Cause cited as poor health and financial embarrassment, leaving a wife and one child. In the Legislature, Wright Brady announces candidacy, backed by friends as a capable, intelligent representative of the county electorate.
The report details a party preference vote among Democrats for Representatives with Mathews and Brady leading, and announces D A Small as a candidate for Representative from the 28th district. It also includes rainfall and temperature figures for May 1886 and storm rainfall, plus an ad for ladies and children’s opera slippers at John B. Barnes.
A reporter visits John R. Shaw's shop and finds 1,800 ladies hats bought to clear stock. Shaw sells hats at 10c and Leghorn hats at 50c, aiming to liquidate the millinery holdings this summer. He plans to close out his entire stock due to excess demand. The piece ends with an unrelated note on neuralgia remedies and Smith's Bile Beans.
Sumter County Agricultural Society and City Council announce a public barbecue and basket pickle at Magnolia Dell on Friday July 2. Committees are named for finance contributions transport tableware grounds and more. Citizens urged to bring baskets water will be provided. political content barred. prominent speakers promised.
Delicate precinct results show Gordon delegates gaining in Fifteenth and Andersonville with votes for Gordon and Bacon while Crisp dominates in other precincts. A note on health links Decayed teeth to indigestion and other ailments, touting Delectalave as a remedy.
In Enaville Georgia a campaign matter emerges as Roth Dinkins of Andersonville is offered forty dollars to sign an affidavit alleging C. Chap belonged to a loyal league in 1868. Dinkins declines. locals plan affidavits to prove party loyalty while noting Dinkins’ prior good reputation and recent work at a National Cemetery.
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